Eva Green

She played Isabelle in The Dreamers and Sibylla of Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven, and made a huge impact as Bond's leading lady in Casino Royale. She next co-starred alongside Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows, with rumors circulating that the two were involved. Most recently, Eva made headlines when the MPAA banned her poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. The reason? Too hot.

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Eva Green Biography

Born on July 5, 1980, in Paris, France, Eva already had a foot in showbiz because her mother is well-known French actress Marlene Jobert. Jobert didn't want Eva to be an actress, however, saying the business would be too rough on her thin-skinned daughter.

Fortunately, Eva didn't listen to her mother's advice, and we eventually got to see some of that skin. She studied her craft for several years in Paris and London before making her film debut in 2003 in The Dreamers. Eva described the movie as being "about a twin sister and brother who have a passionate, almost incestuous relationship." She appeared completely nude in this flick. At first, she wasn't comfortable with the idea of baring it all, and she later refused to do nude scenes in some of her films.

Her second big-screen role was as Clarisse in the French film Arsene Lupin, in which she appeared alongside Romain Duris and Kristin Scott Thomas. In early 2005, she portrayed Sibylla in Kingdom of Heaven, co-starring Liam Neeson and Orlando Bloom.

Eva passed on the chance to be in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia (2006), featuring Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson, but was later cast in the biggest role of her career so far -- the British treasury agent Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (2006), alongside Daniel Craig. The same year, she was granted a BAFTA Rising Star Award.

After appearing in a few less widely released films, she costarred with Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows, and rumors circulated that their on-set relationship was the friction point that led to Depp's separation from longtime girlfriend (and mother of his kids) Vanessa Paradis.

More recently, she played Artimisia in the 300 sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, and she has a regular role on Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

Eva stars as Ava Lord in Frank Miller and Rodriguez's Sin City sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, garnering a lot of headlines after the MPAA banned Green's smokin' hot poster for the movie for being too sexy.